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In my last blog post, the first two reasons given for not believing in God were the problem of suffering and “bad” religion. There are two more reasons that shape the minds and hearts of many people about faith. I will talk about the third reason today. Three: The theory of materialism, (or) secularism, (or) […]

Do you know what a straw man argument is? It is when you set out an opposing position in such a way that it is easy to dismantle that position. We can’t do that with unbelief. We must take with great seriousness and intellectual rigor the reasons people choose not to believe. There are four […]

I enjoy having discussions and conversations about Christianity, world religions, faith and doubt, and reasons to believe (or not to believe). When you seek to provide meaningful reasons to believe, you are doing what is called apologetics. When you then help a person work through his or her own response to Christ, you are doing […]

I always find it intriguing when the world criticizes the church for its mission failure. I recently finished a (rather) large book on global missions, Introducing Christian Mission Today, where I came across a quote from Australian sociologist, John Carroll. Carroll is not a Christian. He says there is a simple reason why the church […]